Addition and subtraction - Know your bounds - Worksheet

The "Know your bonds" worksheet is a comprehensive resource designed to help Year 6 students grasp the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction, a key concept in the National Curriculum objectives. The worksheet offers differentiated tasks to accommodate varying levels of proficiency, from those working towards the expected standard to those capable of greater depth reasoning and problem-solving. It includes a variety of activities such as using ten frames to visualise and complete number bonds, drawing counters to represent numbers, shading bonds to a given number, and solving problems with digits, words, and complex sentences. The worksheet encourages fluency and precision through engaging exercises that ask students to fill in missing numbers to complete number bonds, thereby solidifying their understanding of basic arithmetic relationships.

Supplementary teaching slides and vocabulary cards are provided to support the lesson, ensuring that students are familiar with terms like 'number bonds', 'ten frame', 'addition', and 'value'. Key questions prompt learners to think about how ten frames can assist in finding number bonds and how to verify the accuracy of their answers. For instance, students might be asked to determine the worth of shapes in a sequence or to calculate who has a certain number of fruits based on given information. The worksheet is designed to promote critical thinking and to help students develop strategies for checking their work, such as identifying the relationship between addition and subtraction and applying this knowledge to confirm their calculations.